Maximize Excel: Tips and Tricks II

CPE Credit: 2 hours
 
In Maximize Excel: Tips and Tricks Part 2, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, presents even more ways you can save time and effort when working in Excel. David shares the benefits associated with Excel’s Text Box feature, the Personal Macro Workbook, the Quick Analysis feature, and more.
 
David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in Excel 2016. He draws your attention to any differences in Excel 2013, 2010, or 2007 during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples used in the course.

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Topics Covered

• Separating first/last names into two columns without using formulas or retyping.
• Streamlining redundant data entry with a handy keyboard shortcut.
• Pasting a table as a raw list elsewhere in a workbook.
• Editing .PDF documents in Word 2013 and later—useful for unlocking data you wish to edit in Excel.
• Streamlining the process of printing spreadsheets to .PDF format.
• Applying formatting to multiple locations within a worksheet by way of the Format Painter feature.
• Mastering the nuances—and the power—of Excel’s Transpose feature.
• Avoiding the need to retype data or clunky formulas by way of Excel’s Text to Columns command.
• Navigating large workbooks with ease by way of a hidden menu as well as keyboard shortcuts.
• Discovering the Custom Lists feature in Excel, which enables you to embed frequently used lists into Excel’s Options dialog box for use with any spreadsheet.

• State how to implement Excel’s Personal Macro Workbook.
• Define how to avoid merging cells.
• Describe how to format multiple locations in a worksheet using the Format Painter feature.